Union Home Ministry modifies Jammu & Kashmir domicile order, offers protection to all government posts

Union Home Ministry modifies Jammu & Kashmir domicile order, offers protection to all government posts

Amid protest from the Jammu unit of BJP, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reversed its order issued on March 31 offering protection to domiciles only in Group D and entry-level non-gazetted government posts. A fresh order issued late Friday provides protection to domiciles to “any post” in the government including senior level positions in Group A and […]

COVID-19 Makes Readers, Advertisers Wary, Newspapers Slash Editions, Salaries to Cope

COVID-19 Makes Readers, Advertisers Wary, Newspapers Slash Editions, Salaries to Cope

New Delhi: From readers’ fear of physically picking up copies, to newspaper vendors being denied entry into residential complexes to advertisers withdrawing ads, the newspaper industry has been facing demand, supply and logistics-related challenges ever since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. In Delhi, the print orders of two major newspapers have allegedly dwindled from around […]

Not possible to evacuate stranded Indians from coronavirus affected countries: Govt tells Delhi HC

Not possible to evacuate stranded Indians from coronavirus affected countries: Govt tells Delhi HC

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday informed the Delhi High Court that in a “lockdown situation”, it is “not possible for this Ministry to organize any evacuation of Indian nationals from Bangladesh or any other country”. “The severe risk posed by arrivals from an increasing number of countries affected by COVID-19 is something that the government […]

Coronavirus updates: Pakistan imposes curfew to curtail Friday prayers

Coronavirus updates: Pakistan imposes curfew to curtail Friday prayers

Pakistan’s second largest province has imposed a three-hour curfew-like lockdown to stop people from attending Friday congregational prayers. Sindh has the country’s largest urban population, and therefore remains most vulnerable to social transmission of coronavirus. Last Friday, scores went to mosques to pray, despite government warnings not to. Pakistan has the most virus cases in […]

Anguish as Sri Lanka forces Muslims to cremate COVID-19 victims

Anguish as Sri Lanka forces Muslims to cremate COVID-19 victims

The forced cremation of two COVID-19 infected Muslims in Sri Lanka has sent shock waves among the minority community, which accused the authorities of violating Islamic burial rites. Bishrul Hafi Mohammed Joonus, a 73–year– old  man from the capital Colombo who died of COVID-19, was the second Muslim to have been cremated in the Indian Ocean island nation, which has registered 151 cases so […]

After Shaheen Bagh, Tablighi Jamaat Issue Being Used To Demonise Muslims: Jamiat Chief

After Shaheen Bagh, Tablighi Jamaat Issue Being Used To Demonise Muslims: Jamiat Chief

The emergence of Nizamuddin Markaz, the headquarters of Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat, its members have come under severe criticism for flouting the guidelines issued in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. However, Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, says there was a serious lax on the part of Delhi Police in handling the Tablighi Jamaat issue. In […]

5 new cases of Covid 19 reported in J&K

5 new cases of Covid 19 reported in J&K

975 contacts traced: Kansal COVID 19 Awareness and Monitoring Committees shall be set up at Panchayat and Block levels Masks, immune building materials also to be part of new strategy JAMMU, APRIL 03: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal informed that with the addition of 5 new cases today the number of […]